Jakarta Pressing Burma on Rohingya Legal Rights

Jul 13, 2013 | Refugee

Ron Corben BANGKOK — Indonesia is pressing Burma’s government to grant legal status to the country’s Muslim Rohingya. As more Rohingya seek asylum in Indonesia and elsewhere abroad, Ron Corben reports from Bangkok that Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa...

Muslims Petition UN on Burma Persecution

Jul 13, 2013 | Refugee

OnIslam & News Agencies CAIRO – Muslim states have petitioned UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to take an action against Burma over ongoing attacks against Muslims in the Buddhist-majority country. “Myanmar (Burma) is having a honeymoon with the world,”...

UK MP wants Rohingya solution

Jul 13, 2013 | News / Article

Syed Nahas Pasha UK Shadow Minister for International Development, Rushanara Ali, MP, has urged the British government to apply pressure on the Burmese authorities to address the humanitarian crisis in Burma and put human rights at the heart of their reforms process....

Myanmar jails Buddhists over religious violence

Jul 13, 2013 | News / Article

AFP YANGON (AFP) –  Myanmar has sentenced more than 20 Buddhists to prison for their roles in religious riots in March, including a deadly attack on a Muslim boarding school, lawyers and police said Friday. The convictions follow earlier concerns among rights groups...